Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mineral Del Chico, Mineral Del Chico Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico

mindat Locality ID: 21172
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21172.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Del Chico, Mineral Del Chico Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Arévalo Mine
Capula Mine
Pabellón Mine
San Marcial Mine
San Nicolás Mine
Tetitlán Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Allargentum	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Kaolinite	None	Polybasite	Sphalerite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Kaolinite None Polybasite Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	83058	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	83058,83061,83062	27198
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	83058	180
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	83059	5591
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	83061	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2	83060,83061	733
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	83058,83061,83062	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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